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Discusses the life, works, and lasting influence of Michaelangelo.

A love affair between a black man and a white woman early this century. In Los Angeles, budding painter Romy falls in love with Augustine, a black photographer. They move to New York, he does well, she does not. When an ex-girlfriend surfaces Romy leaves him, becoming a successful photographer in Europe. Augustine comes calling, but it is hard to reheat love gone cold. By the author of Now You See Her.

This book examines the life and art of Michelangelo.

This is the most magnificent and most comprehensive volume ever published on Michelangelo and his work. It is a companion volume to the monumental work on Leonardo da Vinci published in 1956, of which there are now over 150,000 in print. Michelangelo and Leonardo were the two great geniuses of the Italian Renaissance and this book, like the one on Leonardo, brings the full scope of the artist's achievements vividly to life. Compiled by outstanding...

"Michelangelo created some of the world's most recognizable art, from the statue of David to the intricate ceiling fresco of the Sistine Chapel. Beyond his well-known painting and sculpting, he was a gifted poet and architect. Young readers can learn about the entirety of Michelangelo's life, from his time as a young apprentice, and his relationships with several Catholic popes and the Medici family, to his unwillingness to stop working into his late...

Recounts the Renaissance artistic competition between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to paint the legendary lost masterpieces The Battle of Anghiari and The Battle of Cascina on the wall of the Great Council Hall in the Palazzo Vecchio.

"The life of perhaps the most famous, most revolutionary artist in history, told through the stories of six of his magnificent masterpieces"--

Discusses the history of the Sistine Chapel, including the frescoes, Michelangelo's influence, the Last Judgment, and modern day restoration.